Top Project Engineer Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Performs structural analysis, design, review, and approval for telecom towers, monopoles, foundations, and related structures. Interprets customer requirements, geotechnical data, codes, and manufacturing constraints to develop safe and cost-effective solutions. Coordinates designs through drafting and manufacturing, supports customers and cross-functional teams, investigates field issues, leads selected product-development and process-improvement initiatives, validates engineering automation tools, and mentors less-experienced technical staff.

Manages the lifecycle, technical performance, costs, schedules, risks, maintenance, upgrades, certification, and calibration of Electrical Ground Support Equipment used to test spaceflight hardware. Coordinates with production, AI&T, supply chain, security, and information assurance teams to ensure equipment is mission-ready, compliant, and secure. Supports procurement, inspections, technical decisions, and CONOPS development for equipment movement from sensitive areas.

Leads technical engineering projects and small cross-functional teams, integrating solutions while balancing technical, cost, schedule, and quality requirements. Responsibilities include trade studies, technical evaluations, estimates, supplier coordination, Statements of Work, risk and opportunity management, stakeholder communication, and mentoring junior engineers. The role bridges Engineering and Program offices and drives innovation and continuous improvement.

Develops and leads hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, flood risk analyses, drainage master plans, pump station studies, FEMA flood studies, and climate resilience projects. Responsibilities include model calibration, GIS database management, infrastructure deficiency analysis, capital improvement recommendations, technical reporting, field investigations, stakeholder coordination, and preparation of engineering plans, specifications, cost estimates, and construction documents. The role also supports project delivery and mentors junior staff.

Designs and analyzes transportation systems, including roads, highways, and multimodal facilities. Supports project delivery through feasibility studies, cost estimates, transportation plans, technical reports, permitting, and PS&E packages. Coordinates with clients, agencies, and internal teams; manages schedules, budgets, and assignments; mentors junior staff; and provides design support during bidding and construction. Requires engineering licensure, transportation design experience, regulatory knowledge, and proficiency with Civil 3D or MicroStation.

Supports engineering product development projects by coordinating plans, schedules, budgets, technical activities, risks, documentation, and status reporting. Collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, quality, customers, and field teams to deliver project milestones. The role requires an engineering degree, substantial engineering experience, familiarity with requirements management and systems integration, occasional travel, and the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. security clearance.

Leads engineering teams delivering complex systems projects, including system design, implementation, testing, configuration management, and network engineering. Coordinates project plans, schedules, policies, vendors, subcontractors, and government customers while ensuring quality and timely delivery. Communicates with senior leadership through presentations, white papers, meetings, and correspondence. Requires DoD systems engineering experience and eligibility for a Secret clearance.

Lead engineering teams on complex projects, oversee system design and implementation, and ensure delivery meets quality, schedule, policy, and customer objectives. Manage hardware and software projects, coordinate project plans, communicate with senior leadership, and maintain relationships with government customers, subcontractors, and vendors. Responsibilities include configuration management, drafting, testing, and network engineering processes. Satellite Control Network, antenna, server, and network modeling experience is preferred.

Designs custom Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems and process systems, including application reviews, equipment selection, AutoCAD drawing packages, bills of materials, documentation, PLC/DAS integration, testing, and regulatory certification support. Coordinates with project management and manufacturing, supports system builds and troubleshooting, conducts customer training and acceptance testing, prepares engineering changes, and interfaces with clients. Travel to industrial customer sites may reach 30%.

Senior Python Developer responsible for taking ownership of an existing software project, understanding its architecture, completing unfinished features, resolving bugs, reducing technical debt, improving performance and reliability, expanding test coverage, and preparing the application for production release. The role requires independent decision-making, collaboration with stakeholders, API and database integration experience, and strong software engineering practices.

Leads mechanical and utility infrastructure assessments, feasibility studies, engineering design, cost estimates, project scopes, and technical recommendations for commercial and industrial clients. Coordinates internal and external engineering resources, supports client proposals, and provides technical oversight through project implementation, including design-build coordination, reviews, and incentive integration. The role requires site surveys, facility analysis, energy efficiency expertise, and regular travel to client facilities.

Manage the lifecycle, cost, schedule, risks, maintenance, upgrades, certification, calibration, and mission readiness of Electrical Ground Support Equipment used to test space flight hardware. Coordinate with engineering, production, AI&T, security, Information Assurance, Supply Chain, and maintenance teams. Support procurement, technical decisions, equipment inspections, software and hardware updates, and secure movement of equipment from sensitive areas. The role is fully onsite and requires active Top Secret clearance with eligibility for Top Secret/SCI.

Leads the design, optimization, and validation of free-space optical communication systems for Blue Origin’s Sunrise satellite constellation. Responsibilities include PAT algorithms, optical link budgets, end-to-end communications pipelines, component integration, modeling, test infrastructure, laboratory and over-the-air testing, spacecraft integration, documentation, and leadership of multidisciplinary hardware and software teams.

Own the architecture, design, qualification, and deployment of GPU-based compute payloads for Blue Origin’s orbital data center constellation. Responsibilities include GPU and component selection, compute module board and mechanical design, high-speed interconnect and fabric architecture, thermal integration, radiation and environmental qualification, EMI/EMC compliance, and collaboration with software and systems teams for AI/HPC workloads.

Designs complex spacecraft components and subsystems, producing detailed CREO models, specifications, and manufacturing drawings. Leads trade studies and performs structural, thermal, and tolerance analyses to validate hardware. Collaborates with analysis, manufacturing, and electrical engineering teams to deliver producible spacecraft hardware. The role supports full design, testing, iteration, and product lifecycle execution, with emphasis on GD&T, manufacturability, and high-accountability technical leadership.

Own the architecture and implementation of an onboard payload processing runtime for high-performance spacecraft computing. Integrate and optimize accelerator frameworks, build checkpointing and state persistence for intermittent connectivity, define job submission and results APIs, and develop performance benchmarks measuring throughput, latency, and power. The role requires expertise in high-performance computing, distributed systems, accelerator architecture, fault tolerance, and resilient software platforms.

Develop and own the embedded platform software stack for accelerator compute payloads in Blue Origin’s Sunrise satellite data centers. Responsibilities include BSP development, bootloader and Linux kernel bring-up, driver initialization, fabric management, GPU communication validation, health monitoring, radiation-induced error recovery, and platform API design. The role requires hands-on debugging of accelerator hardware and low-level software in remote, limited-observability environments.

Improve and maintain an existing website and interactive dashboard using vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Integrate Google Sheets for editable dashboard data, create a manageable blog workflow, refine the user interface, document data sources and implementation, establish repository and Cloudflare deployment processes, and train non-technical users. The project is expected to be completed in approximately two weeks with daily overlap with the Palestine/SWANA team.

Leads complex infrastructure, cloud, security, and end-user technology projects from design through deployment and post-implementation support. Configures and troubleshoots networks, servers, migrations, identity systems, storage, backups, and cloud platforms. Provides senior technical guidance, documentation, training, escalation support, and client communication while partnering with project managers, vendors, and internal teams. Supports project budgets, timelines, reporting, client satisfaction, and transition to ongoing support. Requires regular travel and off-hours work.

Leads electrical engineering and design for civic, education, and public-sector buildings from conceptual planning through construction administration. Responsibilities include power distribution, lighting, fire alarms, low-voltage systems, backup power, calculations, modeling, Revit documentation, permitting, quality reviews, construction support, client coordination, and mentoring junior staff.

Leads structural architecture, airframe design, material trade studies, finite element and aero-thermo-elastic analyses for missile systems. Coordinates with propulsion, guidance, navigation, actuation, and mass properties teams; directs structural test campaigns; and leads technical content for government milestone reviews. The role requires extensive aerospace engineering experience, multidisciplinary leadership, customer communication, occasional travel, and eligibility for an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Leads complex hardware and network infrastructure integration across multidisciplinary engineering programs. Manages project plans, schedules, budgets, requirements, configuration baselines, integration procedures, verification testing, risks, and customer communications. Oversees servers, networking equipment, embedded hardware, cabling, power, cooling, and infrastructure buildouts while maintaining traceability and resolving technical issues. Supports formal aerospace systems engineering reviews and continuous process improvement.

Leads complex missile subsystem development and integration projects across seeker, datalink, flight computer, GNC, and HWIL teams. Coordinates IPT planning, aligns subsystem roadmaps with system milestones, validates engineering artifacts and test plans, and resolves multidisciplinary technical issues. Mentors engineers, interfaces with stakeholders, and provides technical leadership through requirements decomposition, interface definition, model validation, and system integration.

Leads technical assessments, feasibility studies, project scoping, cost estimates, engineering design, and implementation support for utility modernization, energy efficiency, HVAC, and facility infrastructure projects. Conducts site surveys, analyzes operating systems, develops savings calculations and client recommendations, coordinates engineering resources, and supports design-build execution, technical reviews, and incentive integration. The role involves regular client-site travel across commercial, industrial, utility, and construction environments.

Supports engineering aspects of product development projects by coordinating schedules, budgets, technical activities, risks, documentation, and status reporting. Collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, quality, production, and customer teams to deliver project milestones. The role requires engineering knowledge, requirements management, system design and integration understanding, and the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. security clearance. Occasional travel to customer or field locations may be required.